King's Landing in France

An Ning: "Don't underestimate the enemy. An army that underestimates the enemy will generally suffer defeat. Davout has done a good job. Maybe moving north from Italy to Vienna can indeed end the war forever, but we can't put our treasure on it.

"And we have more pressing goals. We want to promote internal changes in Austria and make Austria our ally!"

Berthier: "If this goal is to be achieved, should Davout be allowed to suspend the attack on Vienna first? According to Davout's letter, he plans to rectify the affairs of northern Italy in the first half of the year, and go north to attack Vienna in June. Postpone? Or simply give him a hard and fast rule not to attack Vienna and instead turn his attention in the direction of Zurich?"

An Ning: "Okay, let him focus on the affairs of Italy first, and turn the Kingdom of Sardinia into the Republic of Sardinia. Venice already has a tradition of a republic, so let's get things done first. The Pope also needs to deal with it."

An Ning was really worried that Davout would reproduce the glory of Napoleon in history and directly force Austria to the negotiating table and voted directly.

Then he let Archduke Karl take over, and the idea of ​​establishing a new Austria will be shattered.

Napoleon: "Why don't you simply call Davout back, and I, the commander of the First Army, will do it for him, and I will command the independent mobile artillery army and cooperate with him!"

An Ning looked at Napoleon, wondering if this was the ambitious Napoleon in history, that Napoleon would not give up the commander of the First Army he got to someone else.

My own arrival really changed some things.

An Ning thought for a while, but still shook his head: "Temporary substitutions are not good. Davout has done a good job in Italy. Let him continue to play. Just let him stabilize first, so that we don't ruin our big business."

Chapter 341 Marching to the Rhine

News from Italy also reached Vienna.

Holy Roman Emperor Franz II slammed the table in his executive room: "What's going on! What's going on! Isn't the French army in Italy less than 10? We are just the Kingdom of Sardinia The army already has 10 people!"

Imperial Prime Minister Wilm replied: "Because the two enemy generals in Italy are unborn generals, both are generals appointed by Frost...that person is very good at appointing officers."

"Okay, he ordered two generals, and we won't have to fight in the whole of Italy. Then he still has seven army commanders under his command. Do we want to surrender directly?"

Wilm: "Maybe it's a way..."

"Shit! I can see it, you all want to surrender! Can this be surrender? France is a republic, and their slogan is to promote their way in Europe!

"Remember your origins! When the French come, you will all be guillotined!"

Wilm: "No, Robespierre, who likes to go to the guillotine, has been exiled, and now Frost is in charge, and he prefers exiles."

The chief steward of Schönbrunn Palace said: "Actually, the condition of Elba Island is very good, the scenery is very good, and you can eat fish every day..."

"Bastard!" Franz II interrupted the steward, "I am the emperor of Shinra, and I will never surrender!"

The ministers looked at each other, and finally Wilm said: "You can indeed continue to fight. If you fight in our country, at least you don't have to worry about the National Guard formed by the French spontaneously everywhere."

"Yes, when fighting in France, the self-defense forces everywhere caused us a lot of trouble. If we fight against the French army in German-speaking areas, at least we can fight with dignity." It was the young general Vilotelle.

In the war with Frost, veterans were defeated one after another. Many people were afraid of Frost and were unwilling to continue to fight against him, so young generals like Vilotel began to be reused.

Many of them disapproved of Frost's military exploits, and they all dreamed of defeating Frost on the battlefield and gaining great glory.

Vilotel is the representative of these young generals.

Apparently he had already attributed the defeat of the Austrian army in France to the endless emergence of small units of the National Guard.

But at this time, there was also a veteran who had personally faced Frost.

For example, Wu Muze's adjutant Pence.

Pence: "Don't underestimate Frost, he is the greatest general today, if you are not careful in fighting with him, you will fall into a trap!"

Vilotel shook his head disapprovingly: "Hmph, I don't think he is as magical as you say. I have studied all his battle cases, all of them! It is true that many of his decisions are full of genius-like imagination, but That's what happened after seeing through!"

Burns was about to retort when Franz interrupted the two of them: "Okay, that's enough! Whether it's a mule or a horse will be decided on the battlefield!

"No matter how you say it, the total force is 40 versus 20, and I have the advantage!"

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Also at Schönbrunn Palace.

Louis XVI was pacing back and forth anxiously.

"It seems that with the power of the Holy Roman Empire, there is no way to send me back to France." He complained in great frustration, "I shouldn't have left France at that time! Staying in France at that time was nothing more than an exile at worst. , it’s better than being under house arrest here.”

His wife, the "former" Empress Mary, said angrily, "Are you blaming me for inciting you to flee?"

Louis XVI turned his head sharply, glanced at Mary, and softened immediately: "I didn't mean that, I just said that maybe, maybe there were other choices.

"And Frost is a good man, and he himself prevented them from hanging Louis XVII."

"Louis XVII is his concubine's younger brother, aren't you?" Marie demanded.

Louis XVI was speechless, but after turning around and taking two steps, he said unconvinced, "Then why didn't you hook up with Frost in the social arena? If you hooked up, wouldn't it be all right?" ?”

Mary snorted, "I will never speak to a cobbler's son!"

"It's this time, and you still say that! Do you know that even in Vienna, there are more and more people who believe in Voltaire. Yesterday we went out for an outing, didn't you see? Vienna's Citizens are all wearing Liberty Caps!

"Maybe Vienna will follow in the footsteps of Paris. By then, you will be liquidated for speaking like this!"

Mary curled her lips: "My nephew won't be as useless as you, he will definitely use soldiers to suppress those goddamn trousers. If you caught a man wearing a free cap and killed him back then, the situation will definitely not change. Be like that!

"You should have let the soldiers use bayonets to solve the problem when the three-level parliament was convened for the first time! Look at what the Jacobin monkeys did after they came to power, and used the guillotine to deal with those who opposed them. !

"The guillotine was invented by you!"

Louis XVI: "I didn't invent it, I just improved it."

"It doesn't matter! You have already used the guillotine to kill all those who oppose you, and we are still the king and queen of France!"

Louis XVI: "Okay, don't talk about the past. Now let's think about what we will do after Frost really defeated Austria! At that time, he will definitely ask your nephew to send us back !"

Mary curled her lips: "What else can I do? Then go back, as you said, Frost will exile us at most. I think that after a year or two of exile, the royal party's strength will recover, and they will exile us again." Please come back!"

Louis XVI hesitated to speak, and finally came to the window, looked at the sprouting vegetation outside the window, and sighed, "It would be great if that was the case."

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On February 1794, 2, spring has come to the fortress of Sedan.

An Ning chose this day as the time for the whole army to attack the Rhine region.

The French army sang the Roman hymn proudly, and marched out from the fortress.

An Ning was riding a horse, standing on a hill beside the road, watching the endless troops.

All the troops who came to him would shout "Long live the First Ruler".

Napoleon rode to An Ning's side, and he was able to say, "Look how happy they are shouting long live!"

An Ning: "I'd rather they shout Long Live the Republic."

"What's the difference? In everyone's mind, you are the Republic."

An Ning shook her head without commenting.

Napoleon shrugged: "I am returning to my troops, and I salute you, Your Excellency Commander!"

Saying his salute, he turned around and rode back to his staff and subordinates.

Berthier: "What Napoleon can do in this war, let's wait and see."

An Ning nodded: "Yes, we will wait and see."

Chapter 342 Danube Outpost

After the French army was dispatched, they reached the Rhine River almost unimpeded all the way.

Anning set up a formation, which is a long snake formation from north to south. The sixth army arrived in Frankfurt on March 3 in the north, and the third army in the south arrived in Stella on February 1. Fort.

Anning's headquarters arrived in Strasbourg on March 3.

The reason why he placed his headquarters at the southernmost end of the entire front was mainly because the city was called Strasbourg.

As an old anime fan, how could he not know the famous landmark Strasbourg in "White Album 2"?

So An Ning took advantage of his position to visit the Holy Land.

But this arrangement naturally has other meanings in the eyes of others.

"Andy is expected, the main force of the Austrian army is in the south!" Napoleon said this to his subordinates.

The main force of Napoleon's First Army was south of Mainz and was preparing to cross the river in a small town called Mannheim.

At this time, all cavalry reconnaissance showed that there were basically no other troops from Frankfurt along the Main River eastward except for the 1 local Bavarian troops.

Napoleon: "There is no Austrian army along the Main River, so where is the Austrian army? I think Andy must think that the main force of the Austrian army is on the Danube line, which is to the south of us.

"I guess the next order is to ask us to cross the river and go southeast to take Stuttgart."

Napoleon's chief of staff looked at the map and said in a low voice, "That's why the main supply center and headquarters are located in Strasbourg, which is very reasonable."

Napoleon: "Of course it's reasonable. That's Andy. He was a teacher at the Military Academy in Paris back then. He taught us military knowledge."

In fact, An Ning was a mathematics teacher at the Military Academy, but Napoleon deliberately ignored this—or simply forgot.

"In short, let the troops cross the river as soon as possible, especially the cavalry, and scout in the direction of the Danube as soon as they cross. After the river we will have a forced march."

Napoleon ordered vigorously.

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At this time, An Ning was on a tour of the Holy Land in Strasbourg.

Then he found that he was too early for his tour.

At this time, Strasbourg was not the capital of music at all, but a small broken city, with a total of only one avenue by the river, and a permanent population of less than 1.

But fortunately, Strasbourg really has a castle at this time, and the local nobles built a quite large castle here, which is just right for Anning's headquarters to be put in.

The castle was left behind, and the nobles themselves may have run away when they heard the French army approaching, leaving behind a servant of the castle.

Anning unceremoniously took over the castle and turned it into a supply center for the French army.

Berthier immediately planned several storage yards near the castle to store supplies that are not afraid of rain.

The hall of the castle turned into a peaceful headquarters, and a map of the entire Bavaria region happened to be spread out on the long table under the large chandelier.

On the morning of March 3rd, An Ning began to study the map after breakfast.

"Still haven't found the main force of the Austrians." He muttered softly.

Berthier immediately interjected: "Wait for today's investigation report, maybe there will be new gains."

An Ning pouted.

Now the French army is fighting in the German-speaking area. Although Strasbourg still has a majority of French-speaking people, further east, it is all German-speaking areas.

The intelligence of the French army is indeed not as sufficient as when it was fighting in its own homeland.

All reconnaissance depends on cavalry, and cavalry in the French army is relatively scarce.

The result is what it is now, and they don't even know where the troops of the Prussian-Austrian Allied Forces are.

However, An Ning had some vague guesses about the enemy's location.

"Using rivers can effectively relieve the pressure on transportation." He tapped the Danube line at the bottom of the map with his pointer, "From this point of view, the Austrian army may be here, but I don't know if the Prussians are with them. Together."

Berthier: "Should I arrange for a cavalry unit to go through the Black Forest in the south and scout the Danube Valley?"

An Ning nodded: "Okay, let Murat go, let him make sure to confirm the composition of the enemy forces along the Danube, the important thing is to see if there are any Prussian troops."

Berthier raised an eyebrow.Even a fool can tell that Your Excellency the General is feeding Murat his military exploits, but Berthier chose to play dumb.

Anyway, he was quite satisfied with Murat's military talents, and there was no harm in letting talented officers be promoted faster.

As for the senior officers in the army are all Frost's direct descendants, this is already a fait accompli, and there is not much Domura.

Berthier: "Then I will give the order."

"Well, you can make an order. Use my name for the signature." An Ning crossed her arms and said.

At this time, a messenger ran into the room: "Report! The First Army is approaching Stuttgart!"

An Ning: "What? This Napoleon, how did he run so fast?"

As he said that, he immediately lay down on the map and found the location of Stuttgart: "Grandma, the Second Army closest to him is thirty miles away from him! This guy's aggressiveness disrupted our entire marching plan!"

An Ning gesticulated on the map cursingly, and then said to Berthier: "The entire march plan is in advance. Napoleon's occupation of Stuttgart may be a good thing, and it can lure the enemy to attack."

Berthier: "I will arrange the marching plans of the other armies."

An Ning nodded: "Also, the messenger!"

Immediately a new orderly came in through the door.